New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-10
THE RESTFULNESS or FARM LIFE.
EHofn Tia Dnk0kd ReIL

From TIE Dakota Belt
No." said the pale young man. sadly am not work
ing % on tSa farm III e, for my health now"
"Yes. have come away, and the farm which knew
me would perhaps know me yet If IL could get sight Of
81 went ont you know. BY the advice of physician
sleep such long, quiet nights sleep you can only lind
In the country away from the noise and heat city,
breeze noans through Your room ali night long With
9pon the roof to ml you to sleep That's what the
80 hired out to a farmer to work all summer. Hc
said so white and pale that he couldn't give mo
anything but my board for services but II WANTED
to work for that might climb In behind the seat and
SO did. He had one mule and ono Horse and the
every time went down hill and they both tried to run
away on the level. He drove them with trace chain
tied on white ash axe-helve.
But got out there at last don't want TO tell you
anything about the work to day. haven't time-but
feel as II must say something about those long nights
The first night got home late still the sun was
out there than anywhere else in the known world.
After supper the farmer spent one hour and half
then he reckoned we better milk There were twelve
cows and he said each would take six He gave me the
long time when finished. Then be had me pump up
water for the next day. And 1t took forty minutes.
And as it was big box It took thirty minutes. Then
he told me about the oat crop which took an hour And
when went TO bed it was growing light In the east
vo Ths wndo In the e room WAS Vas of glass nailed
I onns the % & aS
into bed. had just fallen asleep and had begun TO
dream was lying along the ridge pole OF dosoie,
with old bro0mstick and said breakfast was ready.
couldn't see as ii any lighter than when went to
will pass over the day. as II Is painful TO recall or
rather the day and tn, last end OF night and rst end
of another, for In the bayfield, sixteen hours
the dirt out OF a new cellar while rested
"Then we MIXED, and he gave me eight cows instead
of all kickers And one OF them was hooker too
and slammed ME through the corn crib.
got TO bed hour than the night before, be-
he said he thinking OF getting up early
the next morning.
And that night 1t rained. and heart the pleasant
patcr OF the rain the roof that that old fraud OF
doctor spoke about But It didn't lu me TO sleep be-
cause leaked down on me and got the bedclothes all
wet and caught cold.
And when the farmer pounded on the stairs got up
and forty minutes And NV clothes were wet aud there
water in my shoes
But it was a good day and We worked at the hay
again. We moved down what the farmer called a
slaher Of IT, And th3t night after had rested awhile
on the cellar and MIXED the twelve cows-twe,ye csers
calf and chased out OF the yard-hc farmer said IL
looked like rain again. and he reckoned we'd better go
out and cock up that hay before bedtime.
"And before We got to the field saw tae morning
star and when had got up twelve punches o. bay ANA
when had up twenty punches and the farmer SIX
II began 10 grow quite light.
laughed for minutes He said we had worked right
through the night without knowing IT,
had
ave worked hour longer and then we went to the
house and MIXED Breakfast wasn't quite ready, ana
threw couple OF cubic yards OF sand out OF the bottom
And while We we're eating tho farmer told to
hurry because he would like to get In one f day WORK
during haying ] said ! would, too aud that wond
sop and 60 out and harness tho horses AUD he SAID
that business and went out and ran down the ROAD
and walked into town.
and surgeon who told me about the long nights seepI
would get Oh farm"